Friday, March 25
So many good things…part V
Since the launch of Crossings in February 2007 our community has had in our culture, our DNA, a desire to always be reproducing at every level. Whether it’s in areas of leadership (artists, kids’ city, etc) or in small groups (always reproducing new leaders and groups) or in churches/sites.
I think in all of those areas there has been a decent level of success, but the reproducing and planting of a new church/site has been the most difficult. And probably not for the reasons you would think.
I think most often people assume that there are financial barriers, or the issue of not having ‘a critical mass of people’ to go with the new community, or there simply isn’t a desire in your people to be about reproducing. At Crossings, those things haven’t been are main obstacles… Simply finding the right person/people to lead the plant has been the hardest part of reproduction.
Smoky Mountain Christian Men’s Fellowship has come alongside us again to make this reproduction happen financially…we have about 80 people on a launch community ready to be about ‘missio Dei’ in north Knoxville…our community has been ‘chomping at the bit’ somewhat to launch a new community…and now we have a great team, led by Rob Hartley, ready launch this new community…THIS SUNDAY.
We at Crossings are launching our 2nd site this Sunday, March 27th at the Christenberry Elementary School in North Knoxville. We will be one church, two locations. We will still be meeting every week in the Square Room in Market Square in downtown Knoxville AND at Christenberry.
It’s fascinating to me that for Launch Sunday at Christenberry, I will be teaching the same teaching that I taught four years ago when we launched Crossings Downtown, and you know what that means….Eli’s Cheesecake!!!
Please pray for our launch this Sunday…for the staff and leaders who have worked tirelessly for the last few weeks getting every last detail ready…for those that will come, who will join us as we help each other find our way back to God.
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